The Equal-Regard Family and Its Friendly Critics: Don Browning and the Practical Theological Ethics of the Family (Religion, Marriage, and Family

by John Witte Jr. (Editor)

This volume is both a celebration and an evaluation of the work on sex, marriage, and family life by Don S. Browning, the dean of modern family studies in theological ethics and practical theology. Scholars probe a number of Browning??'s contributions, particularly his call for an ethic of ???equal regard??? within the household and wider society. This book is a true interdisciplinary effort, with insights from psychology, history, law, theology, biology, ethics, feminist theology, childhood studies, and education theory. The Equal-Regard Family and Its Friendly Critics includes seven honorary forewords, ten original essays, and a concluding essay by Don Browning himself.

Contributors: Herbert Anderson
Carol Browning
Don S. Browning
Lisa Sowle Cahill
M. Christian Green
Timothy P. Jackson
Martin E. Marty
Rebekah Miles
Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore
Richard Robert Osmer
Garrett E. Paul
Stephen J. Pope
David Popenoe
Stephen M. Tipton
Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen
Linda J. Waite
John Wall
Amy Wheeler
Barbara Dafoe Whitehead
John Witte Jr.

306 pages, Paperback

First published October 15, 2007

About the author

John Witte Jr. (b.1959) is the Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law and Ethics, Alonzo L. McDonald Distinguished Professor, and Director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University (Atlanta, GA).

Professor Witte specializes in legal history, religious liberty, and marriage law.